Chapter 487: Annihilation’s Tenth Gear Activated Again, The Fall of a Peak Emperor Realm
Within the Grand Array, the battle raged on.
Although the previous sword strike had been infinitely powerful, it had also taken a massive toll on Gu Yuexi.
Forcibly drawing the sword twenty centimeters had nearly drained all of her energy. Now, her face was as pale as paper, and her body was on the verge of collapsing.
The six remaining uninjured Patriarchs were all cunning old foxes; they saw Gu Yuexi’s weakness in a single glance.
The shock in their hearts was immediately replaced by killing intent and greed.
’That sword... it’s too powerful!’
So powerful that they wanted it, no matter the cost!
"She’s finished! Kill her!"
The six exchanged a look and, without a moment’s hesitation, attacked again!
But this time...
It was Chu Sheng’s turn to stand before Gu Yuexi.
His enormous body used Instant Teleportation to appear in front of Gu Yuexi, shielding her securely behind him.
This time.
Facing the six incoming attacks, Chu Sheng didn’t activate any defenses.
He knew full well that with his current strength, trying to tank the attacks of six Emperor Realm experts was no different from suicide. His Nether Flame Battle Armor was not high-level, and his abilities and Skills had never specialized in Defense.
’If I can’t defend...’
’Then I’ll attack!’
’The best defense is a good offense!’
The killing intent in Chu Sheng’s compound eyes flared!
BZZZZ—
A sky full of Soul Burst Feather Blades erupted from his wings!
With his current power at the Ninth Grade, having completed eight evolutions, the number of Feather Blades he could instantly fire at once had reached a terrifying figure—three thousand!
Three thousand ink-black Feather Blades, like a dark cloud overhead, blotted out everyone’s vision as they shot out indiscriminately in all directions!
At that moment, Liu Cangqing’s eyes were bloodshot, filled with hatred for Chu Sheng.
Gazing at the sky full of Feather Blades, he was filled with disdain.
"Hmph. A cheap trick. You dare show off in front of us?"
With just a casual wave of his hand, a surge of majestic Energy swept out. The three thousand Feather Blades, which had seemed so imposing, were shattered to pieces in mid-air by this force, dissipating into nothingness.
However, he had no idea that from the very beginning, Chu Sheng’s three thousand Feather Blades were never meant to harm the enemy.
They were meant to buy less than a second of time by obscuring their vision!
...
The very instant the Feather Blades were launched...
Chu Sheng roared decisively in his mind:
’Silent Annihilation Battle Armor, tenth gear, activate!’
BOOM!
The color of the mysterious black Silent Annihilation Battle Armor on his body suddenly changed, shifting from a deep black to an eerie scarlet!
An indescribably terrifying aura erupted from him.
At the same time, Chu Sheng felt his essence, qi, and spirit being madly drained by the Battle Armor at an unbelievable speed.
It was as if a giant hole had been punched through his body, his Life Force gushing out.
Even for him, who had already completed eight evolutions, he couldn’t withstand tenth-gear mode for more than ten seconds.
But tenth gear brought a full tenfold boost to all his attributes!
Just as Chu Sheng felt he was about to be drained dry...
A warm energy, brimming with Life Force, flowed into his body from behind.
It was a layer of shimmering green light.
It was Gu Yuexi!
She was behind him, blessing him with the Origin of Life!
This pure Life Energy greatly slowed the Silent Annihilation Battle Armor’s drain, making him feel much better.
Then, before he could even react...
Another black halo filled with a destructive aura, and then a peerlessly sharp golden halo, appeared on him in succession.
The Origin of Destruction, the Origin of Gold...
From behind, Gu Yuexi had buffed Chu Sheng with every single offensive Origin halo she could cast!
At this moment, Chu Sheng, clad in his scarlet Battle Armor and surrounded by several domineering, multi-colored halos, looked like a Demon God that had clawed its way out of the abysses of hell, his aura overwhelming.
The next second, Chu Sheng moved!
And at that same moment...
Liu Cangqing, who had just casually scattered the three thousand Feather Blades, was preparing to taunt him.
But when his vision cleared, what he saw was this terrifying, scarlet Demon God wreathed in halos of every color.
Before he could react, the Demon God was already before his very eyes.
Face to face!
Chu Sheng’s enormous, complex compound eyes were practically pressed against Liu Cangqing’s.
He could clearly see his own scarlet reflection in Liu Cangqing’s horrified pupils, and within that reflection, the three slowly spinning tomoe.
He also clearly read the shift of emotions in Liu Cangqing’s eyes.
From disdain, to anger, to alarm, and finally, to the boundless terror that drowned out everything else.
[Silent Annihilation Nether Flame] + [Amaterasu’s Flame]!
In his mind, Chu Sheng detonated his strongest killing move.
Silent Annihilation Nether Flame was a Skill he had newly mastered. It was incredibly powerful, but its drawback was also obvious: it had to be cast at close range and, due to his low level of comprehension, couldn’t be maintained for long.
Therefore, Chu Sheng had fused it with the inextinguishable property of Amaterasu’s Flame.
The two flames, both black, merged together perfectly.
To prevent it from being extinguished, Chu Sheng chose the most direct and vicious method of casting.
Ignite it inside his opponent’s pupils!
Then, burn through his brain and scorch his entire body!
...
CRACK!
A cracking sound, so faint it was almost inaudible, rang out.
It wasn’t the sound of flames.
It was Liu Cangqing’s eyeball. His pupil had shattered like glass struck by a stone.
A cluster of black flame ignited out of thin air in his eye socket!
Then, as if it had found an outlet, the flame surged madly into his body, rampaging through his meridians and organs!
"Ah... AHHHHHHHHHH!"
A scream of ultimate agony, one that didn’t sound human, erupted from Liu Cangqing’s mouth.
He frantically mobilized the Energy in his body, trying to extinguish the flames ravaging him from within.
But it was useless!
The bizarre Power of Law from the Silent Annihilation Black Flame, combined with the inextinguishable nature of Amaterasu’s Flame, made the fire an irremovable maggot gnawing at his bones.
He plummeted from mid-air, frantically rolling, screaming, and struggling on the ground!
The other five Patriarchs, as well as Zhao Li and Xuanyuan Qing in the distance, were all terrified by this sudden and incredibly bizarre scene, subconsciously keeping their distance.
They could only watch helplessly as a mighty Peak Emperor Realm Powerhouse writhed and wailed in agony on the ground.
They watched as black flames scrambled to burst out from his seven orifices and from the pores of his skin.
Finally, under everyone’s gaze, Liu Cangqing’s screams came to an abrupt halt.
His body, along with his soul, had been burned clean from the inside out by the black flames.
In the end, he turned into a wisp of green smoke and returned completely to nothingness.
Only after devouring its Host did the black flame slowly and completely disappear.
...
Liu Cangqing was dead.
A Peak of Emperor Realm expert was dead.
The Patriarch of the Liu Family, one of the Ten Great Clans... was dead.
At the Meridian Gate, an area within a two-kilometer radius fell silent.
It plunged into a strange, deathly silence.
Online, across all the major live stream channels, it was as if the mute button had been pressed at the exact same time.
The barrage of bullet comments that had once flooded the screen had bizarrely vanished.
They weren’t being censored; everyone watching the live stream was simply too shocked to think, to breathe, and especially to post comments.
From the start of the battle to Liu Cangqing’s annihilation, the whole sequence, though long to describe, had actually taken place in just a few dozen seconds.
A Beast Tamer who hadn’t even reached the King Realm, and her Contracted Beast, which was also below the King Realm.
Besieged by seven Emperor Realm Powerhouses, they had not only emerged almost completely unscathed...
...but had even managed to counter-kill someone at the Peak of Emperor Realm!
How could that not be shocking?
This battle, lasting only a few dozen seconds, was the most absurd, most extreme, most unbelievable instance of the weak defeating the strong that any of them had ever witnessed in their entire lives!
Who wouldn’t be stunned?
Yes, every single person.
At this moment, everyone who witnessed this battle, whether on-site or in front of a screen, was so shocked their minds went blank.
...
「Meridian Gate.」
With Liu Cangqing’s death, one of the main array cores had vanished. The Blood Prison Grand Array that had enveloped the entire plaza could no longer be sustained. The red curtain of light flickered a few times, then completely dissipated.
Below the Meridian Gate.
The expressions on Shen Yixuan’s and Luo Qingyu’s faces were dumbfounded.
They were the closest spectators and the ones who felt the impact most deeply.
They had been certain they would die today, and had even prepared themselves to welcome death.
But they never imagined they would witness such a mythical battle with their own eyes.
And in front of them...
Gu Yuexi still stood ramrod straight, like a pine tree that would never bend.
But her face, so pale it was completely bloodless, and her ragged breathing exposed her current exhaustion.
As for Chu Sheng on her shoulder, he had long since deactivated his Battle Armor and giant mosquito form. He had reverted to the size of a normal mosquito, lying there weakly, without even the strength to twitch a wing.
The human and the mosquito had both, at this moment, burned through their very last ounce of strength.
Around them.
The faces of the six remaining Patriarchs were indescribably grim.
Shock, fear, regret—a mixture of emotions churned within their hearts.
They couldn’t for the life of them understand why things had developed to this point.
Today, a Patriarch had actually died here!
At this moment, they were truly afraid, truly terrified. For the first time, a deep sense of regret bloomed in their hearts.
They began to regret provoking these two monsters.
The laughable thing was, before this, how could they, the high and mighty Ten Great Clans, have ever thought they couldn’t afford to offend a mere Eighth-Grade Beast Tamer?
The six Patriarchs looked at each other, their will to fight completely gone.
Even though Gu Yuexi and Chu Sheng looked utterly exhausted, they had already decided not to fight anymore.
’If this continues, who will be the next to die?’
However,
Just as the thought of retreating began to form in their minds...
A figure slowly descended from mid-air.
The man was dressed in white and strikingly handsome, but on his face was a smile of keen interest that was completely out of place with the tense atmosphere.
It was... Xuanyuan Qing!
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